SC asks CAQM chairperson to explain steps to curb stubble burning, pollution
Calling the pollution control boards of Delhi-NCR "ineffective" due to staff shortage, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the body responsible for air quality management in the national capital and adjoining areas to explain how it proposes to tackle pollution and stubble burning which would spike with the onset of...
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Delhi excise 'scam': Court issues release warrants for BRS leader K Kavitha
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Atishi instructs officials to take measures to prevent waterlogging at Dhaula Kuan
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BJP names 29 more candidates for J&K Assembly polls
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Kolkata rape and murder: CBI to consult AIIMS experts on DNA, forensic evidence
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Justice Hema Committee report fallout: Mohanlal, others resign from actors association
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PM Modi speaks to Putin on his Ukraine visit
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Police lathi-charge, use tear gas, water cannons to stop ‘Nabanna Abhijan' protestors
27 August 2024 | PTI
ED files money laundering case to probe 'financial irregularities in R G Kar Hospital
The Enforcement Directorate has filed a money laundering case to probe alleged financial irregularities at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital during the tenure of its former principal Sandip Ghosh and some others, official sources said Tuesday. The federal agency has taken cognisance of a CBI FIR to file its...
I will take sides, won't let 'Miya' Muslims take over Assam: Himanta
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that he would take sides, and won't let 'Miya' Muslims "take over" the Assam. Sarma was speaking in the assembly on adjournment motions brought by the opposition parties to discuss the law and order situation in the state in the backdrop of the...
Excise policy cases: SC grants bail to BRS leader K Kavitha
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to BRS leader K Kavitha in the corruption and money laundering cases linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan noted that Kavitha has been in custody for around five months and the...
'Nabanna Abhijan' rallies begin in Kolkata, police on alert
Hundreds of processionists, mainly youths, commenced the 'Nabanna Abhijan' from two locations across the city on Tuesday afternoon demanding the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the arrest of those responsible for the rape-murder of a doctor in R G Kar hospital. The rallyists held the CM responsible...
Excise policy cases: What material do you have to show Kavitha's involvement, SC asks probe agencies
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the ED and the CBI to show what "material" they had to prove that BRS leader K Kavitha was involved in the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan was hearing Kavitha's pleas seeking bail in...
Massive police arrangement to stop 'Chhatra Samaj'-sponsored 'Nabanna rally'
With at least 25 DCP-ranked officers overseeing security arrangements in Kolkata Police jurisdiction and four IGs, many DIGs and SP-ranked officers leading security forces in Howrah to stop the scheduled 'Nabanna Abhijan' rallies from reaching anywhere close to the state secretariat on Tuesday, the city looks to be bracing for...
Non-compliance with SNJPC proposals: Chief secretaries of 18 states, UTs appear in SC
Chief secretaries of 18 states and union territories appeared before the Supreme Court on Tuesday over alleged non-implementation of the Second National Judicial Pay Commission's (SNJPC) recommendations on payment of pension arrears and retirement benefits to judicial officers. The top court took note of compliance affidavits of states and union territories...
